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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. JONES, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE PlLLOW-SHAM .HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,009, dated August 30, 1887,

Application filed October14, 1886. Serial No.2i6,242. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. JONES, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Pillow-Sham Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This improvement relates to brackets fastened to the sides of the head-board or posts of a bedstead and holding the bars or frames to which the pillow-Shams are attached; and the invention as constructed and applied will be understood by reference to the following specification and claim.

Figure l is a plan view ofone end ofa pillowsham holder, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of a pillow-sham holder, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the holder applied to a bed.

A A represent the wooden bars with the wire frames B attached thereto, said frames being adjustable by slides a a, so as to fit any width of bedstead, as usual. The end of bar A is inserted into a metal socket, b, and fastened there bya nail or screw, 0. On the end of this socket b is casta projecting pin,d,(see Fig. 2,) and around this is set a spiral spring, 6, over which spring sets the cap-socket f of the bracket proper, C, the end of pin d protruding a little through a hole in the outer end of the cap-socket f. This socket is compressed down close over the spring and pin d to socket b, and a burr, g, is riveted on the end of pin I d, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The spring 6,

being thus compressed, keeps a tension between the two socket-pieces, but allows a free movement of the socket-piece b, carrying the bars A A, and holds them at any angle desired, and thus also prevents them from falling at night when raised.

The arm of the bracket 0 is screwed on the outside of the head or post of the bedstead,or else by the claw-end G, secured to the back of the post through the fingers of the claw C. By this device the bedstead is not marred or defaced, and these brackets, being nickelplated, are quite ornamental.

Iam aware of the patent to J. A. Knight, No. 258,438, dated May 23, 1882, in which it is proposed to construct a pillow-sham holder of a journaled rod of two sections adjustably connected, and having wire arms for supporting the shams, and provided at one end with a spiral spring for supporting the holder in a raised position against the head-board of the bed, and hence I lay no claim to such construction; but

I claim A pillow-sham holder comprising the adjustably-connected bars A A, provided with the wire frames B, the socket-pieces b,secured upon the ends of the bars A A, and having the pins 0, the arms 0, having the claw-arms G and cap -sockets f, the pins 6, extending through said sockets and secured by burrs g, and the spiral springs on the pins 6 within the sockets, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM W. JONES.

Witnesses:

J. R. DRAKE, T. H. PARSONS. 

